Weekly summary: Episodes 109 to 113

I got a bit behind this week, due to other engagements; I'm not sure if this ended up affecting any results.  I mostly managed to stay comfortably clear of the contestants, with the exception being Tuesday where Matthew would have tied me if he'd solved the last numbers round.  That was also the highlight game, though, as my solo total managed to equal that of David and Lily.  Aside from that game I was always more than ten points adrift of them, which is disappointing.

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
Me	64	54	62	73	57
Champion	16	44	32	10	24
Challenger	41	15	13	0	30
David + Lily	87	70	74	87	78
Me (solo)	72	70	62	73	64

This week was all about Matthew, who defeated Jodi in a close game on Monday and then cruised through the next three games.  Ryan gave him a good scare on Friday, but Matthew's excellent conundrum solving ability saw him safely home.  He looks quite likely to be the first retiring champion of the series.

Matthew Thomason*	46	64	49	44	52		245
Brett Chaiyawat	25	59	28	42	34		188
Luke Brattoni	53	52	44				149
Kathryn James	46	41	36				123
Jason Dunn	59	43					102
Raf Goodens	59	39					98
Jodi Knight	48	34					82
David Waddell	38	33					71

David found both full monties this week, and it's been an excellent set of games from him.  There was one numbers round that temporarily stumped Lily (and was responsible for my rare tie in the solo totals).

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
Full Monties	1			1		2
Missed Full Monties						0
Tough Numbers		1				1
Impossible Numbers						0

I've not been close to a maximal game this week, averaging two letters maxima per game.  A tough conundrum on Wednesday also broke my good solving streak on that front.  There's certainly room left for improvement in the coming week.

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
Maximums: L	2	2	2	3	1
N	2	3	3	2	2
C	1	1	0	1	1
Invalid: L	-	-	-	-	1

Contestants sorted by average score:

	Total	Games	Average
Jason Dunn	102	2	51.00
Luke Brattoni	149	3	49.67
Matthew Thomason*	245	5	49.00
Raf Goodens	98	2	49.00
Ryan Turk	48	1	48.00
Kathryn James	123	3	41.00
Jodi Knight	82	2	41.00
Brett Chaiyawat	188	5	37.60
Aram Kalyanasundaram	36	1	36.00
David Waddell	71	2	35.50
Liam Murphy	18	1	18.00
Dane Watkins	15	1	15.00
Rhys McCaig	13	1	13.00
Matt Bolton	12	1	12.00